Acronym List in Alphabetical
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Acronym |
Definition |
Source/Type |
ADR |
Administrative
Message |
EAS/NWR |
AMBER (Alert) |
America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response |
DOJ |
API |
Application
Programming Interface |
TECH |
AVA |
Avalanche Watch |
EAS/NWR |
AVW | Avalanche Warning | EAS/NWR |
AWIPS |
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System | NWS |
CAE |
Child Abduction Emergency |
EAS/NWR |
CAP |
Common Alerting Protocol |
OASIS |
CDW |
Civil Danger Warning |
EAS/NWR |
CEM |
Civil Emergency Message |
EAS/NWR |
CMAS |
Commercial Mobile Alert System |
FCC |
COG |
Collaborative Operating Group |
FEMA/DMIS |
CRS |
Console Replacement System |
NWR |
CSEPP |
Chemical
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program |
FEMA |
CTA |
Call To Action |
NWS |
DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
ORG |
DMIS |
Disaster Management Interoperability Services |
FEMA |
DM-OPEN |
Disaster Management Open Platform for Emergency Networks |
FEMA/DMIS |
DOJ |
Department of
Justice |
ORG |
EAS |
Emergency Alert System |
FCC |
EM |
Emergency Manager/Management |
GEN |
EMA |
Emergency
Management Agency |
GEN |
EMWIN |
Emergency Managers Weather Information Network |
NWS |
EOP | Emergency
Operations Center |
GEN |
EOP |
Emergency
Operations Plan |
GEN |
EPA |
Environmental
Protection Agency |
ORG |
EQW |
Earthquake Warning |
EAS/NWR |
EVI |
Evacuation Immediate |
EAS/NWR |
FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
ORG |
FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
ORG |
FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
NIST |
FOC |
Full Operating Capability |
NWS |
FRW |
Fire Warning |
EAS/NWR |
HMW |
Hazardous Materials Warning |
EAS/NWR |
HRG |
HazCollect Review Group |
NWS |
IOC |
Initial Operating Capability |
NWS |
IPAWS |
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System |
FEMA |
LAE |
Local Area Emergency |
EAS/NWR |
LECC |
Local Emergency
Communications Committee |
EAS/NWR |
LEPC |
Local Emergency
Planning Committee |
EPA |
LEW |
Law Enforcement Warning |
EAS/NWR |
LP |
Local Primary |
FCC/EAS |
NAB |
National Association of Broadcasters |
ORG |
NIST |
National
Institute of Standards and Technology |
ORG |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
ORG |
NUW |
Nuclear Power
Plant Warning |
EAS/NWR |
NWEM |
Non-weather Emergency Message |
NWS |
NWR |
NOAA Weather Radio |
NWS |
NWS |
National Weather Service |
ORG |
NWSI |
National Weather Service Instruction |
NWS |
NWSTG |
National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway |
NWS |
NWWS |
NOAA Weather Wire Service |
NWS |
OASIS |
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards |
ORG |
REPP |
Radiological
Emergency Preparedness Program |
FEMA |
RHW |
Radiological
Hazard Warning |
EAS/NWR |
SAME |
Specific Area
Message Encoding |
NWR |
SECC |
State Emergency
Communications Committee |
FCC/EAS |
SOP |
Standard
Operating Procedure |
GEN |
SPW |
Shelter In Place
Warning |
EAS/NWR |
SR |
State Relay |
FCC/EAS |
SSL |
Secure Sockets
Layer |
TECH |
TOE |
Telephone Outage
Emergency |
EAS/NWR |
UGC |
Universal
Geographic Code |
WMO |
VOW |
Volcano Warning |
EAS/NWR |
VPN |
Virtual Private
Network |
TECH |
VTEC |
Valid Time Event
Code |
NWS |
WCM |
Warning
Coordination Meteorologist |
NWS |
WFO |
Weather Forecast
Office |
NWS |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization | ORG |